A fine line.

Posted on 31-07-2019 12:44 | By morepork

Oranga Tamariki have to walk a fine line; if they DON’T uplift a child and the child is then hurt, there will be justified Public outrage. But if they DO uplift children when nothing has happened to them, then we will see the reaction we are seeing. There has to be ACCOUNTABILITY to show why a decision was taken in specific cases, and the process has to be carefully controlled, with the decision to uplift made by a judge and not a Civil Servant. Families should be consulted and concerns tabled. Uplift should be a LAST resort and, really, an admission of failure, where there is no other alternative to protect the child. The real solution is for families and whanau to detect early mistreatment and apply social pressure to the perpetrators. The culture of bashing kids has to change.

The TRUTH is that

Posted on 30-07-2019 20:29 | By Bruja

ALL HANDS need to be off EVERYONE both adults and children. Yep, let’s make sure Child Welfare agencies like Oranga Tamariki are not overstepping the mark BUT there would be no need for such agencies IF CHILDREN were not maimed and killed , USUALLY by family members! HANDS OFF EVERYONE!!! :(